Thief Armed With Switchblade Knife Robs Men in Mount Pleasant

A thief armed with a switchblade knife robbed two men in Mount Pleasant over the weekend, according to D.C. Police.

The robbery happened on the 3300 block of Mount Pleasant St. NW around 9:15 p.m. Saturday night.

According to a police report, two men were walking along the street when a man approached them from behind and asked, “what’s in your pockets?” while pulling out a closed switchblade knife. One of the men responded, “are you serious?” to which the robber said, “I’m dead-ass.”

The robber then went through the victims’ pockets and stole some money and an iPhone, police said. The robber also took a backpack from one of the men.

The thief was last seen headed south on Mt. Pleasant Street, according to authorities.

Police are also on the lookout for a robber who held up a taxi driver near U Street early Saturday.

Someone approached a taxi cab on the 2000 block of Vermont Ave. NW around 2:30 a.m. Saturday and demanded a ride, police said. When the driver of the taxi refused, the robber said, “okay where is your money? If you don’t give it to me I will blow your head off.” Fearing the robber had a gun, the taxi driver gave him $100.

The robber ran off soon after. Police did not release a description of the suspect.

Additionally, a man punched a woman and hit her with a broken bottle after she took a photo with another man in Adams Morgan early Sunday morning.

Police said the violent assault happened on the 2700 block of Ontario Rd. NW around 2:45 a.m.

According to a police report, a woman took a photo with a man, causing another man she was with to “become enraged.” The man punched the woman in the head repeatedly and pulled her hair before hitting her with a broken bottle.

The woman was taken to a local hospital with injuries to her hand, leg and elbow, police said.

Authorities did not provide a detailed lookout for the man, who left the scene of the crime in an “unknown direction.”

In other crime news, a burglar smashed a window and stole booze from the Tortilla Coast at 1460 P St. NW early yesterday morning.

Someone heard a burglar alarm and saw a man inside the Mexican eatery around 6 a.m. yesterday, according to a police report. When the witness spotted the man, he ducked behind the counter and out of sight.

Police soon arrived and determined the man used a rock to smash the restaurant’s window. Though he was unsuccessful at breaking into the eatery’s cash register, he ran off with four bottles of champagne, police noted.